80s Music Trivia [Archive]

EarlJam

01-15-2008, 02:52 PM

Name the 80s Songs, Bands from the following "modified" lyrics:

My search is limited to filling the minutes and hours of my day with pleasurable activities; and there is no other activity more enjoyable than the one I am currently undertaking! Woooo!

On this evening, I shall proceed to celebrate as if it were the year of our Lord preceeding that of 2000.

Are you familiar with your geographical location? You are currently located in an impenetrable thicket and tangled mass of tropical vegetation. You are going to cease to exist!

The activity of which I speak represents the last time that a series of numbers shall be vocalized chronologically, in decreasing value!

All things considered, you may as well leap! LEAP!

-EarlJam

FEEL FREE TO POST SOME OF YOUR OWN!

colchar

01-15-2008, 03:05 PM

On this evening, I shall proceed to celebrate as if it were the year of our Lord preceeding that of 2000.
--Prince, 1999

Are you familiar with your geographical location? You are currently located in an impenetrable thicket and tangled mass of tropical vegetation. You are going to cease to exist!
--GnR, Welcome to the Jungle

All things considered, you may as well leap! LEAP!
--Van Halen, Jump

Highlander

01-15-2008, 03:14 PM

Name the 80s Songs, Bands from the following "modified" lyrics:

The activity of which I speak represents the last time that a series of numbers shall be vocalized chronologically, in decreasing value!

The Final Countdown - Europe

Here are a few:

1) would you please coat my body with C6 H12 O6?

2) My temperment is normal, and the current atmospheric conditions make it 310.222 Kelvin while not in direct sunlight.

3) My supernatural guardian looks to be a tri-folded placard.

4) The female deprived me of sight utilizing the observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.

riverside6

01-15-2008, 03:19 PM

The Final Countdown - Europe

Here are a few:

1) would you please coat my body with C6 H12 O6?

2) My temperment is normal, and the current atmospheric conditions make it 310.222 Kelvin while not in direct sunlight.

3) My supernatural guardian looks to be a tri-folded placard.

4) The female deprived me of sight utilizing the observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.
These make me laugh...

1. Pour some sugar on me
4. She blinded me with science

blublood

01-15-2008, 04:32 PM

The Final Countdown - Europe

Here are a few:

2) My temperment is normal, and the current atmospheric conditions make it 310.222 Kelvin while not in direct sunlight.

3) My supernatural guardian looks to be a tri-folded placard.

3. Angel is a centerfold

EarlJam

01-15-2008, 04:34 PM

3. Angel is a centerfold

Damn. Good one. I kept thinking "Angel" by Aerosmith. Or was that the early 90s? Couldn't figure out the placard reference ("you're my angel, come and be my direct mail piece?"). Good job.

hurleyfor3

01-15-2008, 04:34 PM

3. Angel is a centerfold

I kept thinking, "Was there ever a song called. 'God Is A Triangle?' "

The title of that song, however, is merely "Centerfold".

I'd like to see someone reword "867-5309/Jenny".

EarlJam

01-15-2008, 04:41 PM

I kept thinking, "Was there ever a song called. 'God Is A Triangle?' "

The title of that song, however, is merely "Centerfold".

I'd like to see someone reword "867-5309/Jenny".

Last two digits of senior year of Coach K's first great recruiting class followed by single digit rhyming with "heaven" followed by number that chronologically comes after the number four; followed by Alaa Abdelnaby's jersey number; followed by single digit number that rhymes with German word for "no;" followed by name of girl that absolutely obliterated EarlJam's heart in December, 2006.

-EJ

Highlander

01-15-2008, 04:43 PM

I kept thinking, "Was there ever a song called. 'God Is A Triangle?' "

The title of that song, however, is merely "Centerfold".

True, but the thread was for lyrics, not song titles :)

No one has gotten 2) yet. It's a bit obscure for anyone not familar with Sayreville, NJ's musical history.

billybreen

01-15-2008, 05:09 PM

True, but the thread was for lyrics, not song titles :)

No one has gotten 2) yet. It's a bit obscure for anyone not familar with Sayreville, NJ's musical history.

I'm guessing that means it's a Bon Jovi song, but damned if I know. (In this case, I would argue that knowledge is inversely proportional to coolness. ;))

Duke4Ever32

01-15-2008, 06:29 PM

I'm guessing that means it's a Bon Jovi song, but damned if I know. (In this case, I would argue that knowledge is inversely proportional to coolness. ;))

Hope this doesn't make me uncool, but #2 is I'm feeling fine and it's 99 degrees in the shade - Bon Jovi.

I looked it up on the internets.

billybreen

01-15-2008, 06:38 PM

Hope this doesn't make me uncool, but #2 is I'm feeling fine and it's 99 degrees in the shade - Bon Jovi.

I looked it up on the internets.

No, that's fine. As long as it's not native knowledge, you're cool.

Highlander

01-15-2008, 09:00 PM

Hope this doesn't make me uncool, but #2 is I'm feeling fine and it's 99 degrees in the shade - Bon Jovi.

I looked it up on the internets.

"I'm feelin fine, it's 99 in the shade" is the line. And it is indeed Bon Jovi.

This is fun, and a good use of thesaurus.com. Let me see if I can come up with some others:

1) The father of biblical King David has obtained a female companion of whom I desire to take ownership.

2) On the evening of the last day of the week, I desire to create a woman, but currently I am unable to subsist.

3) Serendipity Lizard, you enter towards me and then you depart.

4) Display to those in your company all that you own, for my dear it is an unusually large amount.

5) Cease displaying signs of apprehension and become ecstatic.

6) Moving in the direction of the MCMLXIV's, but residing in the MCMLXXX's, the law enforcement czar speaks to the disk jockey's on the radio.

Deslok

01-15-2008, 09:18 PM

1) The father of biblical King David has obtained a female companion of whom I desire to take ownership.

2) On the evening of the last day of the week, I desire to create a woman, but currently I am unable to subsist.

3) Serendipity Lizard, you enter towards me and then you depart.

4) Display to those in your company all that you own, for my dear it is an unusually large amount.

5) Cease displaying signs of apprehension and become ecstatic.

6) Moving in the direction of the MCMLXIV's, but residing in the MCMLXXX's, the law enforcement czar speaks to the disk jockey's on the radio.

1) is I wish I had Jesse's Girl
5) is Don't Worry, Be Happy

Deslok

01-15-2008, 09:38 PM

Oops, 3) is Karma Chameleon you come and go

Highlander

01-15-2008, 11:41 PM

1) is I wish I had Jesse's Girl
5) is Don't Worry, Be Happy

I was thinking "Jesse's got himself a girl and I want to make her mine," but your line works too.

Other two are correct.

wilson

01-15-2008, 11:56 PM

This one, I believe, is a toughie:

When you are attired thusly, I am forced to admit that unsavory ideas enter my mind.

365Duke

01-15-2008, 11:58 PM

This one, I believe, is a toughie:

When you are attired thusly, I am forced to admit that unsavory ideas enter my mind.

Proverbs 6:21:D

wilson

01-16-2008, 11:05 AM

Proverbs 6:21:D

Who sang that?;)

knights68

01-16-2008, 01:31 PM

Ok, this looks hard but fun.
Here is my attempt at this game.

Fat Dance - Toxoid

Adoration in a lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically - pertaining to spacialnautics craftsman

Defectless terrene - Hugh device for lifting a dressed stone, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone.

billybreen

01-16-2008, 01:42 PM

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Adoration in a lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically - pertaining to spacialnautics craftsman

Love in an Elevator

wilson

01-16-2008, 01:50 PM

Still no correct responses to my previous challenge...any ideas out there?

And here's another, this one from the '70s:

Also, I believe that a great deal of time will elapse before this craft alights and I return to learn that those at my place of residence believe me to be someone other than who I truly am.

billybreen

01-16-2008, 01:55 PM

wilson

01-16-2008, 02:03 PM

"Observing at a reduced rate of speed while you perform an about-face and state, 'Render me incapable of respirating.'"

billybreen

01-16-2008, 02:12 PM

"Observing at a reduced rate of speed while you perform an about-face and state, 'Render me incapable of respirating.'"

Take My Breath Away

wilson

01-16-2008, 02:19 PM

Well, you got me pretty quick on those two. But still no winner on my first.

I think that, this weekend, I will ask my girlfriend to "render me incapable of respirating."

EarlJam

01-16-2008, 02:38 PM

This one, I believe, is a toughie:

When you are attired thusly, I am forced to admit that unsavory ideas enter my mind.

My immediate thought was, "When I think about you I touch myself."

But that is a 90s song and doesn't fit anyway, right?

I am pondering this one over lunch.

-EarlJam

EarlJam

01-16-2008, 02:39 PM

billybreen

01-16-2008, 02:40 PM

Well, you got me pretty quick on those two. But still no winner on my first.

I think that, this weekend, I will ask my girlfriend to "render me incapable of respirating."

Brace yourself for the minty freshness of Mace.

wilson

01-16-2008, 02:49 PM

My immediate thought was, "When I think about you I touch myself."

But that is a 90s song and doesn't fit anyway, right?

I am pondering this one over lunch.

-EarlJam

Hint: It's a song whose refrain is well known, but whose remaining lyrics (even in the chorus, from which the above quote is drawn) are not.

Highlander

01-16-2008, 03:06 PM

Here are the ones guessed correctly:

1) The father of biblical King David has obtained a female companion of whom I desire to take ownership.
"Jesse's got himself a girl and I want to make her mine"

3) Serendipity Lizard, you enter towards me and then you depart.
Karma Chameleon - you come and go

5) Cease displaying signs of apprehension and become ecstatic.
Don't Worry - Be Happy

And the ones still outstanding...

2) On the evening of the last day of the week, I desire to create a woman, but currently I am unable to subsist.

4) Display to those in your company all that you own, for my dear it is an unusually large amount.

6) Moving in the direction of the MCMLXIV's, but residing in the MCMLXXX's, the law enforcement czar speaks to the disk jockey's on the radio.[/QUOTE]

Here are some hints:

2) Poison
4) Kiss (Missed this one a bit; recorded in the 70's)
6) Can't give the band name, b/c it makes it too obvious. I will say it's from a song of the same name as a recent movie starring the Fresh Prince.

As for Wilson's first one, I have no idea. It feels like a "Pretty Woman" esque song. I can get the gist of the line, but not enough to get the hool down. Guess I'm better thinking these up than solving them.

lmb

01-16-2008, 04:31 PM

This one, I believe, is a toughie:

When you are attired thusly, I am forced to admit that unsavory ideas enter my mind.

Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

"You in that dress, my thoughts I confess verge on dirty."

billybreen

01-16-2008, 04:37 PM

Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

"You in that dress, my thoughts I confess verge on dirty."

Great call, but this is unfair. The lyrics should at least be in English. Intelligible English.

wilson

01-16-2008, 04:54 PM

Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

"You in that dress, my thoughts I confess verge on dirty."

We have a winner! I figured someone would eventually get it...but that was a pretty good one, no?
Nice work, lmb.

wilson

01-16-2008, 04:57 PM

Great call, but this is unfair. The lyrics should at least be in English. Intelligible English.

You know, I don't really think their enunciation is all that bad. It's just that nobody ever cared to know any more than, "Come on, Eileen, oh I swear (what it means)...at this moment, you mean everything..."

billybreen

01-16-2008, 04:58 PM

You know, I don't really think their enunciation is all that bad. It's just that nobody ever cared to know any more than, "Come on, Eileen, oh I swear (what it means)...at this moment, you mean everything..."

And thanks to you, I'll be singing that all day ;)

wilson

01-16-2008, 05:01 PM

And thanks to you, I'll be singing that all day ;)

Hey, the guys had such a short day in the sun...the least we can do is allow their single hit to serve as the occasional earworm, right?

wilson

01-16-2008, 05:01 PM

And don't worry, it's been in my head ever since I posted the original challenge.

wilson

01-16-2008, 05:12 PM

1. "They fail to grasp the significance. Therefore, we are travelling on foot at a high rate of speed, clasping each other's forelimbs, attempting to abscond into the lack of light..."

2. "Increasing the rate of combustion in your propellant apparatus...Process the sound of its high, loud bellows...strong, ductile substance experiencing great stress, imploring you to feel it and commence movement."

billybreen

01-16-2008, 05:19 PM

1. "They fail to grasp the significance. Therefore, we are travelling on foot at a high rate of speed, clasping each other's forelimbs, attempting to abscond into the lack of light..."

I think we're alone now, the Tiffany version?

2. "Increasing the rate of combustion in your propellant apparatus...Process the sound of its high, loud bellows...strong, ductile substance experiencing great stress, imploring you to feel it and commence movement."

I know this one. Give me a second.

Highlander

01-16-2008, 05:21 PM

1. "They fail to grasp the significance. Therefore, we are travelling on foot at a high rate of speed, clasping each other's forelimbs, attempting to abscond into the lack of light..."

"They don't understand, so we're runnin' just as fast as we can. Holdin' on to one another's hand, trying to get away into the night..."
-I think we're alone now- Tiffany

billybreen

01-16-2008, 05:25 PM

I know this one. Give me a second.

Nope, don't have it.

wilson

01-16-2008, 05:32 PM

I think we're alone now, the Tiffany version?

I know this one. Give me a second.

Got the first one. You definitely know the second one too. I had the next line translated, but had I included it, it would have been far too easy.

knights68

01-16-2008, 09:27 PM

I thought this thread was on song titles, but now I see lyrics within songs are now possible. Ugh, like titles are hard enough!

By the way:
1) Unskinny Bop - Poison
2) Love in an elevator - Aerosmith
3) Perfect World - Huey Lewis

Highlander

01-17-2008, 11:47 AM

Answers to the ones outstanding are in white below...

2) On the evening of the last day of the week, I desire to create a woman, but currently I am unable to subsist.
"Saturday Night I'd like to make my girl, but right now I can't make ends meet." - Nothin' but a Good Time Poison

4) Display to those in your company all that you own, for my dear it is an unusually large amount.
"You show us everything you've got. Baby, Baby that's quite a lot!" - Rock and Roll all Nite - KISS

6) Moving in the direction of the MCMLXIV's, but residing in the MCMLXXX's, the law enforcement czar speaks to the disk jockey's on the radio.
"Headin' for the nineties, livin' in the eighties. Sherriff's on the airwaves talkin' to the dj's." - Wild, Wild West, Escape Club

EarlJam

01-17-2008, 12:44 PM

A few more...

1. I am desirous of grabbing hold of your palm and digits while helping you grasp the significance, [girl name].

2. Do not you believe that to be rugged and able to withstand mass amounts of physical and mental adversity to a sufficient level?

3. Calm down. Choose not to engage in the activity.

4. Our abode, located in the center of the thoroughfare made primarily for automotive transportation.

-EarlJam

billybreen

01-17-2008, 12:49 PM

3. Calm down. Choose not to engage in the activity.

4. Our abode, located in the center of the thoroughfare made primarily for automotive transportation.

-EarlJam

3. Relax, don't do it. Sly sexual reference. -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood

4. Our house, in the middle of the street. -- Madness

knights68

01-17-2008, 04:31 PM

6) Moving in the direction of the MCMLXIV's, but residing in the MCMLXXX's,"Headin' for the nineties, livin' in the eightiesEscape Club

MCMLXIV's, I believe that is 1964's, not 1990's.

I was wondering why I couldn't figure this out (as if THAT was my only problem.... ha ha). I was thinking maybe Summer of '64 or something, gee whiz!!

billybreen

01-17-2008, 04:36 PM

Highlander

01-17-2008, 11:19 PM

MCMLXIV's, I believe that is 1964's, not 1990's.

I was wondering why I couldn't figure this out (as if THAT was my only problem.... ha ha). I was thinking maybe Summer of '64 or something, gee whiz!!

I could've sworn I used this converter (http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html) on it, but I see now I only transcribed 1980. Instead of going up from X to C, I went down from X to IV.

Well that explains why no one got it. I figured the roman numerals would have been a dead giveaway. Plus it looks like I mixed up two verses (http://www.lyricsdownload.com/the-escape-club-wild-wild-west-lyrics.html)...

"Heading for the nineties living in the eighties
screaming in a back room waiting for the big boom"

and

"Mandy's in the backroom handing out valium
sheriff's on the airwaves talking to the D.J.'s"

Sorry 'bout that. Still, thought the Poison one was do-able, especially after the hint. They only had 5-6 hits to choose from, and it wasn't Fat Dance Toxoid.

gimme gimme wild west, gimme gimme safe sex...

wilson

01-17-2008, 11:24 PM

2. "Increasing the rate of combustion in your propellant apparatus...Process the sound of its high, loud bellows...strong, ductile substance experiencing great stress, imploring you to feel it and commence movement."

Thoroughfare to the area marked by a lack of safety.

blublood

01-18-2008, 10:48 AM

A few more...

1. I am desirous of grabbing hold of your palm and digits while helping you grasp the significance, [girl name].

-EarlJam

"I want to take you by the hand and make you understand, Amanda..."

The next line if I'm not mistaken is "I want to (something, something, something) by surprise/ and make you realize, Amanda!"

TillyGalore

01-18-2008, 04:12 PM